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Celtic.Com Launches The First Free Irish Email Service And Online Celtic Community

Users can select their own free custom Irish email address from over 1000 Irish related domain names

Celtic.com today announced the first free Irish email service and online Celtic community for the 70 million people of Irish descent around the world. Celtic.com <http://www.celtic.com> facilitates people of Irish descent, wherever they are in the world, to communicate through a uniquely Celtic online space and to locate resources on all things Irish on the Internet. For St. Patrick’s Day they are also providing 25 free eCards and a directory listing 300 links for parades, web cameras and resources from around the world.

The cornerstone of the Celtic.com web site is the cutting edge email service which allows people of Irish descent to choose a personalized email address that reflects their Irish heritage and culture. Users can select their own FREE custom Irish email address from over 1000 domain names including:

Irish Towns and Places - westmeath.com, gweedore.com, cushendall.com, skibbereen.com, terenure.com, ulster.com and clonmel.com
Irish Communities Around the World - newyorkirish.com, chicagoirsh.com, bostonirish.org, torontoirish.com, melbourneirish.com and londonirish.com.
Irishisms - hupyaboya.com, shenannigans.com, paddy.com, blackstuff.com, slainte.net and herself.com
Irish People -priests.com, cybercelts.com, irishdancers, irishgranny, fenians.com and irishbachelor.com
As Gaeilge - abhaile.com, gaeilgeoir.com, ismise.com, saoirse.com, docas.com agus failte.net

Celtic Mail allows members to access their email from wherever they are: at work, while travelling at the local public library, or at school in the computer lab. Celtic Mail is permanent because no matter how many times the user changes jobs or Internet Service Providers the member’s correspondents will be able to reach them at the same address. The www.celtic.com web site is growing rapidly. The site was launched on January 1st, 1999 and after 10 weeks of operation are currently receiving over 25,000 unique users, over 15,000 page impressions and over 1,300,000 hits each week. Hundreds of new Celtic Mail accounts are being created every week. Celtic.com is also providing a broad range of content and tools to help foster an environment in which Irish people from every corner of the world can stay in touch, like never before, and proclaim their sense of Irishness on the world wide web. The following services are currently available (with many more to follow):

Member Directory & Chat Rooms--
A free member directory service which allows members to find old Irish friends and colleagues, both at home and abroad. Members can list their email address, contact information and where they went to school or university. Members can make new friends with our unique Irish interest categories or select from Irish interest categories such as traditional music and gaelic football, or create their own personal interest keyword. Other members can then search the directory using these keywords and make contact if they wish. Members can also publish general information about themselves and write about where their Irish ancestors originated.
 
Digital Postcards--
A comprehensive selection of evocative images from Ireland that users can send for free (along with a greeting message) to a friend or family member through the Celtic Mail service. The site offers free Digital Greeting Cards for St Patrick’s Day, Birthdays and other Celebrations. The plan is to create the most comprehensive collection of Irish and Celtic Digital Greeting Cards anywhere on the Internet.

Web Site Directory--
A comprehensive free listing of Irish and Celtic interests web sites from around the world. Expected to be the most comprehensive collection of Irish web sites anywhere on the Internet. Everyone is encouraged to submit web sites of Irish and Celtic interest, and the sites will be listed free of charge. Complete the online web site submission form or email info@celtic.com for more information. A special St. Patrick’s Day Category has been created with 300 links to parades, celebrations, web cams, history, personal pages and clip art resources.

Shopping Catalog--
A comprehensive selection of Irish and Celtic interest books, music and videos in association with Amazon.com. Send ideas for additional titles to editor@celtic.com. They will also be introducing a catalog of high quality Irish and Celtic products in 1999.

Email Reminders--
A free reminder by email service allows Celtic.com members to schedule and automatically receive email messages notifying them of impending events such as birthdays or anniversaries.

Online Security and Privacy--
The Celtic.com web site has been reviewed and approved by TRUSTe’s multi-faceted assurance process TRUSTe is a not for profit initiative dedicated to building users’ trust and confidence on the Internet. Celtic.com is also a member of CAUCE – The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email. CAUCE and its members are dedicated to stop “junk email”  or “spam” polluting the Internet. Celtic.com also has advanced security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of our member’s information. The Celtic.com site has been built and is maintained by eXtraActive Inc., a state of the art Internet Design & Hosting Company in New York City.

Advertising Opportunities--
Celtic.com’s Irish email service and online Celtic community is a highly targeted advertising medium dedicated to the 70 million people of Irish descent around the world. They offer advertising opportunities throughout our site, and will only accept advertising that is of relevance to the global Irish and Scottish communities. Email sales@celtic.com for more information.

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